It's a Oetiker crimp tool. A medium size set of wire cutters works well.

Go to my www.kegkits.com web site, navigate to the online store then to
the Oetiker clamp section and you will see a short video showing how
they work.

Tom

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 12:08 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject: Stock "squeeze" hose clamps

Alright - enough is enough for me! Is there a tool specially for those
stock
hose clamps - you know the type you squeeze together? If so what is it
called and where do I get one?

I've had enough of trying to remove/install those clamps with vice
grips,
etc.

I thought I had seen a post about this quite a while ago but I'll be
darned
if I can find it.

I was working on completeing the heater hose replacement on Gertie
yesterday
(finally) and those darn clamps are a pain - but I like that they do a
good
job so I try to reuse them whenever possible. Got everything buttoned up
and
discovered that the front heater valve leaks like a seive - crud. I
bypassed
it for now - was nice to have heat fromt he back heater ont he ride to
work
this morning.

--
Thanks,

Jeff
'85 GL (Gertie)
'90 Carat (Grover - the noble parts donor)
'86 (We call this one Scrap)
'78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus